City-owned laptop with immunization records stolen

By Drew Joseph :
June 30, 2014

SAN ANTONIO — A city-owned laptop with several hundred people's immunization records was stolen last month, but officials said Monday they do not believe whoever took the computer was after the data.

Fewer than 300 people's immunization records were on the computer, according to the city's Metropolitan Health District. The families of the patients have been notified and advised to check their health insurance statements.

The laptop has not been recovered. The records were kept to monitor the quality of providers participating in the Vaccines for Children program, according to Metro Health.

Information on the laptop included the patients' names, dates of birth, immunizations given and the identifying information used by the provider.

The San Antonio Police Department is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 210-207-7626.